Bidspirit auction | 1930s GASTON HOFFMANN PLASTIC SURGEON

1930s GASTON HOFFMANN PLASTIC SURGEON ETCHING - Gaston Hoffman (French, 1883-1977) Plastc Surgeon and Client 1930s Humorous Etching with Aquatint.. Pencil signed. In frame measurs 22”x18”x1”. Weight 4 lbs. Gaston Hoffmann worked as a painter, decorator, cartoonist, and illustrator in France and Quebec throughout the first half of the 20th century. He examined contemporary events and subjects in his work as well as explored the limits of his imagination. Hoffmann is known for his theatrical paintings as well as his satirical prints. Hoffmann was born in Paris and was educated there at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Academie Julian. After the war he worked between 1918 and 1921 together with his friend Charles Schneider, for whose glass factory he decorated vases with delicate plant, flower and animal motifs inspired by the Art Nouveau style. At the time, he also worked for the Sevres porcelain factory, designed posters and painted two large murals in Quebec, teaching at the academy there between 1924 and 1926. He painted narrative genre scenes, often with a humorous undertone **In house shipping available on this lot** If you win this lot, please select self arranged for in house shipping when paying** Condition: good